Electricity & Electronics Program
This 12 to 16–month program provides students with basic theory, principles, practice, experiments, and real work experience. After completion of the basic electrical curricula, the student has the option of specializing in one or more of the following areas; Advanced Digital Electronics, Solid State Motor Control, Hydraulic/Pneumatics, and Programmable Logic Controllers.
Upon completion of the course of study for this program, a student can apply his or her knowledge to today's ever-changing technological advancements in residential, commercial, wiring industrial electricity, and electronics.
Instructor: Terry Peters
Course Outline
| Orientation and Safety | AC and DC Motors and Controls |
| DC Fundamentals | Industrial Wiring |
| AC Fundamentals | Semiconductors/Electronic Circuits |
| Residential Wiring and the NEC | Programmable Logic Controllers |
| Transformer Theory | Digital Electronics |
| Test Equipment and Soldering | Robotics |
| Blueprint Reading/Applied Math |
Certificate Awards
| Electrician Helper | 3 Months |
| Electronics Assembler | 3 Months |
Diploma Awards
| Electrician | 12 Months |
| Industrial Electronics | 16 Month |
Class Hours
Classes meet from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday - Friday at the Main Campus, 426 Highway 91, Elizabethton. A part-time training program is also offered in the evening.
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Effective Fall Trimester, 2011, maximum financial assistance to qualifying students enrolled in the Electricity/Electronics Training Program for 1,728 clock hours of instruction is as follows: Wilder-Naifeh Technical Skills Grant, $2,666; Federal Pell Grant, $7,298.
The Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton does not offer a student loan program.
82.35% of graduates from this program, who began their studies in 2011, completed it within 16 months months.
Students have received employment at:
TN Electric located at TN Eastman in Kingsport.
Woods Electric - Elizabethton TN
City of Elizabethton
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